Chelsea will look to continue their charge up the Premier League table when they face Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
Enzo Maresca’s men moved into the top four last weekend following a barnstorming 4-2 win over Brighton, in a game that brought up one of my selections.
That victory means the Blues have banked maximum points from each of their last three Premier League assignments.
The capital club kept the feelgood factor flowing on Thursday night with a 4-2 win over Gent in the Europa Conference League.
Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season last weekend when falling to a 1-0 loss at home to Fulham.
However, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have already turned over Liverpool at Anfield this season, so they won’t be fazed by the task in hand at Stamford Bridge.
How the bookies view it: Chelsea to chalk up another victory
Chelsea are red-hot 4/9 favourites on Betano to make it six wins on the bounce across all competitions.
Nottingham Forest are big outsiders at 5/1 (Betano) while a share of the Stamford Bridge spoils is an unfancied 18/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: Tricky Trees not easy to topple
Chelsea have failed to beat Nottingham Forest in three of the four meetings between the pair over the last two Premier League seasons, though they did triumph in the most recent tussle at the tail end of last term.
The Tricky Trees triumphed at Stamford Bridge last season with a hard-fought 1-0 win, with Anthony Elanga's goal proving decisive.
Players to watch: Palmer to fire against Forest?
Quite astonishingly, Cole Palmer scored all four of Chelsea’s goals in the aforementioned 4-2 win over Brighton last Saturday. The Blues talisman is even-money (1/1) on Bet 365 to bag again this weekend and that looks too big to ignore.
Callum Hudson-Odoi will be looking to make his mark when he returns to Stamford Bridge this weekend. The former Chelsea man is 5/4 (Bet 365) to register at least one shot on target on Sunday.
Predicted line-ups
Blues boss Maresca shuffled his pack in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night but he is expected to revert back to last weekend’s starting XI against Nottingham Forest.
Morgan Gibbs-White will almost certainly be restored to the Nottingham Forest team on Sunday after serving a suspension. However, Forest manager Nuno is expected to once again be without injured trio Danilo, Ibrahim Sangare and Willy Boly.
Chelsea: Sanchez; Fofana, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Ward-Prowse; Gibbs-White, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Anything else catch the eye?
Nottingham Forest's James Ward-Prowse stands out to commit a minimum of one foul on Sunday at 5/6 on PaddyPower.
Since joining the club on loan from West Ham, Ward-Prowse has sinned in each of his three starts for the Tricky Trees.
The 29-year-old is likely to cross paths with Cole Palmer on Sunday, who has been fouled 10 times across his last three Premier League appearances.
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